Vintage BATMAN: THE MAKING OF A HERO Doc Focuses On Tim Burton's Classic

Vintage BATMAN: THE MAKING OF A HERO Doc Focuses On Tim Burton's Classic

This 25-minute special on the making of Tim Burton's Batman (1989) is apparently still unavailable on any home release versions of the film, and features interviews with the likes of Burton, Michael Keaton, Kim Basinger, and Bob Kane. If you're all Star Wars'd out, take a look..

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By MarkCassidy - Nov 28, 2014 08:11 AM EST
Filed Under: Batman (1989)
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Gotham City: dark, dangerous, 'protected' only by a mostly corrupt police department. Despite the best efforts of D.A. Harvey Dent and police commissioner Jim Gordon, the city becomes increasingly unsafe...until a Dark Knight arises. We all know criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot...so his disguise must be able to strike terror into their hearts. He becomes a bat. Enter Vicky Vale, a prize-winning photo journalist who wants to uncover the secret of the mysterious "bat-man". And enter Jack Napier, one-time enforcer for Boss Grissom, horribly disfigured after a firefight in a chemical factory...who, devoid of the last vestiges of sanity, seizes control of Gotham's underworld as the psychotic, unpredictable Clown Prince of Crime...the Joker. Gotham's only hope, it seems, lies in this dark, brooding vigilante. And just how does billionaire playboy Bruce Wayne fit into all of this?
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relentless1
relentless1 - 11/28/2014, 9:11 AM
dope sheeiiit, love the burton batman films
relentless1
relentless1 - 11/28/2014, 9:11 AM
first :D
relentless1
relentless1 - 11/28/2014, 9:11 AM
i think Burtons last great film was Batman Returns, everything else has been decent but not up to his earlier standards of work
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 11/28/2014, 9:13 AM
I watched this at some point this year, that music still gets it!
batz11
batz11 - 11/28/2014, 9:17 AM
Great movie, funny how much hat Burton and Keaton got when they were announced, funny how that never changes...
batz11
batz11 - 11/28/2014, 9:19 AM
I had a slight crush on Basinger too...
AverageDrafter
AverageDrafter - 11/28/2014, 9:21 AM
My favorite part of Batman 1989 was when Batman tried to gun down The Joker.
GiantNerd
GiantNerd - 11/28/2014, 9:35 AM
tokens
tokens - 11/28/2014, 10:02 AM
if his head could move, it'd be the best batman suit to date
AverageDrafter
AverageDrafter - 11/28/2014, 10:18 AM
@DextarDougles - The first is still the best... you just aren't going to top West with every major villain in the series.

@cinnamon - the head thing, and whatever is going on with the tail on the Batsymbol. It's telling they didn't even use that symbol on the promo materials or toys.
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 11/28/2014, 10:26 AM
@cinnamon
this suit is probably my favorite.
imkennypowers
imkennypowers - 11/28/2014, 10:30 AM
@AXE the music is fantastic.

if you haven't seen this, enjoy.

Batman Evolution from ThePianoGuys on Vimeo.
Mothchild
Mothchild - 11/28/2014, 11:06 AM
I saw this movie on my 12th birthday. Oh the memories....
Mothchild
Mothchild - 11/28/2014, 11:06 AM
Also...restore and remaster this shiz and release it WB.
Squaremaster316
Squaremaster316 - 11/28/2014, 11:51 AM
Badly written pile of crap that's been rightfully forgotten at large in the wake of Nolan's far more impressive products.
HulkOnion
HulkOnion - 11/28/2014, 12:09 PM
But what if Joker is not kill?

After all, Emos love zombies.
MrAmerica
MrAmerica - 11/28/2014, 12:10 PM
Bale is probably my favourite Batman, i don't like Affleck even if he could be a new batman, noe one can beat Christian Bale except Michael Keaton.
MCU4TheWin
MCU4TheWin - 11/28/2014, 12:12 PM
Star Wars takes over the internet, better get a Batman article up!
RobbieDigital
RobbieDigital - 11/28/2014, 12:19 PM
Bob Kane was so full of crap........Long live Bill Finger
Dryayo6716
Dryayo6716 - 11/28/2014, 12:33 PM
IM BATMAN!!! CLASSIC
batz11
batz11 - 11/28/2014, 1:18 PM
@Doopie haha, think I meant shit or crap, blaming on mobile and my no proofing for "hat", wtf lol
loki668
loki668 - 11/28/2014, 11:54 PM
I was..............okay.........with what Burton did (if only because it wasn't that Adam West horseshit). Michelle Pfeiffer, Jack Nicholson, and Danny Devito were inspired. But, in my opinion, Burton's Batman doesn't really stand the test of time as well as I expect Nolan's to. In my opinion, Burton's visuals lent themselves to Schumacher's campiness and made Schumacher's abortions not too much of a "stretch" from Burton's designs (that sounded better in my head, doesn't it always?) I understand WHY people love Burton's version but, to me, it seemed as though Beetlejuice was going to show up, at any minute, to team up with Batman.
Saoshyant
Saoshyant - 11/29/2014, 2:28 AM
The genius of this movie is that it is timeless. Unlike Nolan's movies that have a very contemporary feel to it.

Batman '89 will be around long after we passed on from the Nolanverse.

[frick] practicality, this suit and this batmobile are still the quintessential iconic looking pieces of batman merchandise we've had.

Not even mentioning that Elfman's score can still send chills up my spine.
ThedamnBatman
ThedamnBatman - 11/29/2014, 4:28 AM
@KennyPowersEsq

Dude, that's fantastic, haven't seen that before!
ComicBookFanatic
ComicBookFanatic - 11/29/2014, 11:27 AM
Batman 1989 will always be special for me. It was the first time I was seeing Batman on screen! It was also the first CBM for me. I was slightly upset with the Joker overshadowing Batman, but then how do you outdo Jack Nicholson? Also I still cannot accept Keaton as Bruce Wayne, though his Batman will always rank among the best. Burton's movies were like the Batman comics coming to life. His dark Gothic take was very appropriate - undoubtedly the way a Batman movie ought to be made.
monsterswin
monsterswin - 11/30/2014, 4:09 PM
This movie will never be a "classic" in my book. Far from it. Wrong director unfortunately and too bad because I think the writer kind of "got it"
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